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The Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (MEECC) hosted its second press conference for the year on Friday where Minister Wallace Cosgrow and his two principal secretaries – Wills Agricole (Energy and Climate Change) and Alain Decomarmond (Environment) talked about the ongoing projects.
The press conference, held at the ministry''s headquarters at Le Chantier Mall, formed part of activities to commemorate Environment Day.
Minister Cosgrow highlighted the importance of the World Environment Day which had as theme: ''Biodiversity''.
"This is a very important day on the calendar of the ministry. The theme is very fitting for Seychelles and it is very important for us to rethink our interaction with nature now and how our future generations can benefit from nature also! The MEECC has been working on various projects including strategies since the beginning of the year. We are, today, providing you all with updates on all these policies and strategies which are important for us at this moment."
He also noted that already 30% of our seas have been designated as nature reserve and they are currently working on the framework.
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) – Seychelles ranked 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa
Minister Cosgrow also announced that "the results of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was announced on June 4, 2020, where Seychelles was ranked 38th out of 180 countries worldwide and top in Sub-Saharan Africa. Seychelles was also ranked first on climate change actions.
The EPI is a method of quantifying and numerically marking the environmental performance of a state''s policies. It identifies targets for several core environmental policy categories and measures how close countries come to meet them. It is jointly implemented by two US Universities (Yale/New Haven and Columbia/New York) and has been commissioned by the World Economic Forum/Davos.
- Waste Management and Glass Recycling Projects (Waste Enforcement and Permit Division)
PS Decomarmond noted that last year they had a long consultation process to draft a master plan for waste management with the different stakeholders.
"We compiled all the ideas from all stakeholders and as of now we will start acting upon them. Each stakeholder has their role to play. Our mandate is to reduce, reuse and recycle. One of our programmes we are embarking on in the next few months is recycling glass bottles. We tendered the process end of last year for the redeem centres and for the recycling plant. This process is over now. With the recycled bottles we will use them to cover the landfills and we are also working with the Seychelles Land Transport Authority to make use of the finely crushed bottles. By September, we plan to have these businesses start operating."
Regarding recycling bins, PS Decomarmond noted that due to a restriction of foreign exchange, the MEECC has not been able to acquire the bins but are looking into producing them locally.
A new decision also concerns the importation of empty cans. As from July, each empty can will incur a levy of R1.
- Plastic packaging used in shops
Another measure announced by PS Decomarmond is that the plastic packaging used in shops mainly for snacks, fruits and veggies will be banned as from January 2021.
"We have been lenient about the usage of these plastics but after talking to the retailers association, we want by January 2021 to phase out on the plastics and start using other alternatives.
- Implementation of fixed penalty of R500 on lighting fires after processing restriction
According to the MEECC, a new law regarding the lighting of fires came into force early this year to tackle the issue of fire lighting and with this law each offender has to pay a fixed penalty of R500.
"The public needs to understand that if they do not have a permit, they cannot light a fire on their grounds. If a person has more than two fixed penalties, he/she will have to pay a fixed penalty of R1500. And if he/she does not honour the payment within two weeks a case will be lodged in court and risks to pay a fine of between R5000 and R500,000 or two years imprisonment. We have been very lenient in the past, but now they will have to understand that the law is very serious."
- Volunteer programme for the sea turtle nesting season
It has always been a challenge for the MEECC to monitor that poaching does not occur. "We have decided to launch a volunteer programme for the public to come and help the MEECC and other organisations who are involved in the monitoring of sea turtles. As from next week, the public will get more information on how to apply for this programme.
Energy and Climate Change department
PS Agricole proudly noted that "Seychelles remains a frontrunner in the fields of climate change mitigation and adaptation actions and measures with the help of its development partners such as UNDP, EU and the World Bank. Therefore, the government of Seychelles has adopted several initiatives over the past year with the aim of strengthening its resilience and increasing preparedness to such effects".
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